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sophistry. The court-martial by which he was tried in 1772,
after a confinement of more than four months at Stockholm, was
held under the direction of General Horn, who had been
created a Count after the revolution in 1772, more from his zeal,
it is said, than on account of any real service. This nobleman,
being a near relation to Baron Peckling, seemed to fear nothing
so much as to be thought partial to his kinsman. As the charge
laid against him was no less than rebellion and high treason, it
was very difficult to find a lawyer who would undertake his
defence; till, at last, a young man, of the name of Blix, generously
offered his services. The court-martial being at a loss how, on
any plausible grounds, to find the General guilty, but yet not
daring to acquit him before they knew the intentions of the
King, who was then at Elkösund, at the distance of near fifty
miles from the capital, they adjourned till they should receive
farther instruction. But as it was contrary to the privileges of the
Swedish nobility, that any of their members should be kept in
prison without being fully convicted of a crime, the General’s
counsel asked the Court if they had any other rules for their
proceedings than the laws of their country? They answered they
had none. Yet Baron Peckling was not set at liberty, but in
consequence of a petition to the King. So sudden and deplorable
was the effect produced by the revolution on the high-spirited
nobility of Sweden.
Gothenburg is the second city of the kingdom. Its environs
are almost every where naked, barren, and dreary. They present
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